Comments for SeaBeast Theme Demo

Comment on Report Theme Bugs Here by Mike Cherim

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:06:07 +0000

Thanks Feldon. That is a sound idea. At some point in the (near?) future I plan on making a couple of tweaks to this theme and release v.1.3 so I will have to add that to my to-do list.

Your feedback is appreciated

Comment on Report Theme Bugs Here by feldon

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:18:44 +0000

Hi Mike,

This isn’t really a bug, but I’ve noticed that many people using Firefox with AdBlock usually block all images containing the word banner. Therefore it might be good idea to rename the big fish above from sb_banner to sth more AdBlock friendly.

That’s all. Thanks for sharing this great theme!

Comment on Post General Feedback Here by Mike Cherim

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:52:51 +0000

Man, that’s awesome. You mad scientist you

Comment on Post General Feedback Here by JackP

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:43:30 +0000

Firstly: Dude, I love what you did!
Secondly: I’m obviously somewhere beyond the novice tinkerer stage because while I’ve made changes above and beyond the USER_ files, I’ve not had any major problems. Okay, so it’s not finished yet so there’s always the possibility I’ll break it horribly, but despite having no experience of PHP whatsoever it’s not too difficult to work out what things are doing and move them around.

I still need to finish playing with the images, though. Background colours and swirly bits need adding!

Comment on Features Request Feedback by Mike Cherim

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 03:41:26 +0000

Thanks

Comment on Features Request Feedback by Dev

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 02:31:12 +0000

you are the greatest

Comment on Features Request Feedback by Mike Cherim

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:39:09 +0000

You’re all set now.

Comment on Features Request Feedback by Dev

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:53:52 +0000

oh I really am a noob as you might have guessed :/ anyway I have sent you a link, if you want you can fix this and if you have time, the background image cus I can’t fix that either. any image might do, I can allways change it later, thanks for all the help

Comment on Features Request Feedback by Mike Cherim

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:17:36 +0000

There could be a couple of reasons for that. The image isn’t images folder, the height is set to 0, the generator.php or sb_v_token files were modified, or the theme name was changed, or, the path isn’t configured properly. Or the image was given an extension it doesn’t have. If you turn off styles (not sure what browser you’re using, but you should be able to do this), scroll to the bottom of the page. There you should see 4 images, sb_logo_on.jpg, and three “Read” icons, these are “pre-loaded” images which rely on the path, also the contact page requires it. Moreover, the hover banner should appear at the top of the page with styles off. I do this so hover effects will work quickly, even if someone has dial-up, as the images are downloaded by the user as soon as the page is loaded.

If none of this solves the logo problem, or if I’m not being clear, please let me have a link to the installation so I can check these things (some of ‘em anyway) myself. If you don’t want to post the link here, that’s fine, just use my contact form to send it.

Comment on Features Request Feedback by Dev

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:37:56 +0000

yes thank you, very useful. btw, the sea star image sb_logo dont’ show for me? no matter what I do, whats the secret? even tough I didn’t change anything from original?

Comment on Features Request Feedback by Mike Cherim

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:06:25 +0000

It was me, not you. To have a full background image, you will create your file (a small one since bricks are a pattern) for your background, and upload it as instructed, but then you will go into the USERS_CSS file and add something like this to repeat the image.


body { 
  background : url(images/sb_yourBGbackground.jpg) repeat 0 0;
}
/* The 0 0 positions it to begin repeating from the upper-left conrner */

This will override the rule for the existing image because the USERS_CSS comes after the main CSS and inline config'd CSS in the document's cascade. Doing this you can also change the image type to gif, png, etc. Then, using the USERS_MODS config, you'll want to change the Content, Sidebar, and Farbar background colors accordingly if transparent won't do. If, per chance, you want to put images in those areas, you will have to apply the USERS_CSS instructions above, but for those sections:


#sidebar { 
  background : url(images/sb_yourSBbackground.jpg) repeat 0 0;
}

#farbar { 
  background : url(images/sb_yourFBbackground.jpg) repeat 0 0;
}

That should fix you up. You've given me an idea: I may facilitate more backgrounds in the next version release. Or at least make it to one can choose to repeat the body background or not. That would be very beneficial for people like yourself that want to have a larger background (thanks). Please let me know if that answers your question better.

Comment on Features Request Feedback by Dev

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:06:16 +0000

I think you miss understod me, or I am bad to explain, probably!? I don’t want to change the images allready there, I want to have an image for a background instead of the white color, my idea is to have the background of the intire site look like a brick wall or something like that, I have great plans to make a really personal theme out of this one. I mean, it is very nice as it is, but I want to have something that nobody else has, your theme is so very configurable:)